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by mdonahoe 15y ago
His app says "powered by flixel" which looks like some Action script library. Maybe a port is easier than most.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Written in 2003!
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
They iterated this drawing game several times in different formats and platforms. I would say it was more than blind luck. They had faith in their product and kept tuning an tweaking it.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Yc invests in people.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
"1. An easy way to see what apps my friends are using and enjoying" Game Center does this for games, which is the use case he was specifically asking about. You dont even have to leave Game Center to read about and download your friend's ga
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
What if your kid downloads an app that tracks your location constantly? Should apple make you enter your password when the app asks for permission?
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
"Nobody is ever going to compete with Zynga if people cash out to them the first chance they get every time." NimbleBit (TinyTower guys) rejected a Zynga acquisition offer. I hope that most game companies hate Zynga too much to allow themse
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Robots are better at specialized, repeatable tasks. In Kiva's case, they developed robots that interact with exclusively pods, not the warehouse items themselves. Creating a grasping robot that can recognize, lift and efficiently pack the t
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Computers are becoming more reliable and less user serviceable in the same way that cars did. My dad tells me stories about how he and his father used to service the family car, replace parts etc. My father and I used to do the same thing w
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
explicit is better than implicit He should explicitly catch the ImportError
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
I got a kinesis and switched to vim around the same time. I think that vim has made the biggest difference because of the reduced use of the mouse and trackpad. I do love my kinesis though.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
'to allow typewriter salesmen to easily type the word "typewriter" and to prevent typebars from sticking' Is that actually true?
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
A good dashboard is better than testing. Whenever I deploy new code, I make sure I pass all the unit tests, but then I watch the monitor the dashboard and incoming requests to confirm.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
The contracts are for the devices, not you. It is possible to use them both at the same time, so ATT wants your money. I definitely agree that they should do it your way though. Pricing is part of the product, and simple-to-understand prici
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Pardon me for not doing enough Googling yet, but... Is there a "getting started with bootstrap" tutorial that anyone here recommends? The Bootstrap page talks about all the features and how easy everything is, but I don't know where I shoul
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Is there a noticeable performance difference? Sounds cool
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Prediction: he has a blog post in 5 months about google, creative restriction, and why he quit.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
"xeroxed" Clever, Mr. Kay
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
I want Steam OS on my desktop. Optimized for gaming and little else.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
There are 316 millions iOS devices, with nearly half of that sold in 2011. I don't know the actual install base numbers, but presumably it is close. 1 billion isn't far off
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Can someone writeup a gist of the algorithm?
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Who are these users? HipChat users who consciously downloaded the Messages beta?
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
NYTimes article that this one is referencing: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.h...
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
This was the top comment when I connected, and I agree with your analysis.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
To me, Khan Academy represents a break from the traditional educational model. I would rather they focus on innovating than proving themselves as being just like every other school.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
This thing makes my GPU hot.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
I hope they don't try for traditional accreditation.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Worse meaning that these two apps are only the tip of the iceberg. The privacy damage is worse than we expect.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
Other reasons: 1. We are publicly shaming these apps to promote better behavior. 2. We are educating each other to be careful when using these apps.
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by mdonahoe 15y ago
It's slightly more work, and devs are lazy? Hashing doesn't really solve the entire problem, though it does prevent the service from getting addresses it doesn't already know. Allowing an app to see your contact list is an act of faith. May

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